Student arrested with gun at Birmingham's Woodlawn High School

A 16-year-old was caught with an unloaded gun in the waistband of her pants today at Woodlawn High School, Birmingham police announced today.

The student, a sophomore whose name was not released, was arrested by a Birmingham Police Department School Resource Officer after he was notified by another student. The girl was taken into custody on a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm and taken to Jefferson County Family Court.